Save the MA Curatorial Practice Programme
University of Bergen

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Norsk:

Fakultet for kunst, musikk og design ved Universitetet i Bergen har foreslått for universitetsstyret å legge ned masterprogrammet i kuratorpraksis. Forslag om nedleggelse av masterprogrammet i kuratorpraksis

Dette er et unikt, mobilt og internasjonalt masterprogram som har etablert seg i samtidskulturfeltet gjennom 10 år. Det er også den eneste kuratorutdanningen som finnes i Norge. MA i kuratorpraksis

Med sitt fokus på praksis, etikk og eksperimentering har studiet tiltrukket seg et rikt mangfold av kandidater, som ofte har kunnet kombinere utdanningen med lønnet arbeid eller freelancearbeid.

Programmet tar for seg lokale, nasjonale og internasjonale kontekster med en sterk tilknytning til det profesjonelle kunstfeltet. Det er en spesiell modell for kuratorutdanning, og suksessen kan spores i prestasjonene til programmets alumner og deres vedvarende engasjement for programmet.

Siden etableringen i 2015, på bakgrunn av en grundig praksisbasert forskningsprosess i form av et pilotprogram fra 2004 til 2014, har den pedagogiske modellen vist seg å være relevant for mange.

MA-programmet har vist seg å være en verdifull forsknings-og kunnskapsutvekslingsplattform for mange typer kuratoriske praksiser innenfor samtidsmusikk, performance og teater, i tillegg til visuell samtidskunst.

Dersom fakultetets forslag skulle bli vedtatt av universitetsstyret, vil styret kaste vrak på denne lange perioden med satsing og utvikling av et tverrfaglig studieprogram uten noen faglig begrunnelse.

Vi forstår at universitetet setter sin ære i å ta vare på mangfoldet av fagdisipliner og bidra til at uteksaminerte kandidater har relevant kunnskap og erfaring for et bredt spekter av roller i samfunnet. Vi ber styret sette handling bak disse ordene.

Vi erkjenner også at kuratorutdanningene i mange europeiske land er truet av nedleggelse, og vi vil derfor sterkt oppfordre universitetsstyret til å motarbeide denne trenden. Vi håper styret vil støtte dette viktige programmet med tilstrekkelige ressurser og et vedvarende intellektuelt engasjement. Kunnskapen og erfaringen som er utviklet i Bergen må ikke forvitre på grunn av kortsiktige omprioriteringer som dette uforståelige forslaget om å legge ned studiet.

De undertegnede oppfordrer universitetsstyret ved Universitetet i Bergen til å bevilge tilstrekkelige ressurser slik at dette viktige studietilbudet kan leve videre.

English:

The Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design at the University of Bergen has proposed to the University Board to discontinue the MA in Curatorial Practice. Proposal to Close Ma in Curatorial Practice

This is a unique, mobile and international MA programme that has established itself in the field of contemporary culture over 10 years. It is also the only curatorial education available in Norway.  MA in Curatorial Practice

With its focus on practice, ethics and experimentation, the course has attracted a rich diversity of candidates who have often been able to combine education with continuing paid work or as freelancers.

The programme addresses local, national and international contexts with a strong connection to the professional art world. It is a special model of curatorial education, and its success can be seen in the achievements of its alumni and their ongoing commitment to the programme.

Since the establishment in 2015, on the back of a thorough practice-based research process in the form of a pilot programme from 2004 to 2014, its pedagogical model has proven to be relevant to many.

The MA programme has proved its value as a research and knowledge exchange platform for many kinds of curatorial practices belonging to the fields of contemporary music, performance and theatre, in addition to contemporary visual art.

Should the Faculty’s suggestion be adopted by the University Board, the Board will throw out this long period of investment and development of a transdisciplinary study programme without any academic justification.

We understand that the University prides itself on caring for diverse disciplines and supporting graduate candidates with relevant knowledge and experience for a wide variety of roles in society. We ask the Board to put your actions behind these words.

We further recognise that curatorial education programmes in many European countries are under threat of closure and therefore want strongly to urge the University Board to resist this trend. We hope the Board will support this important programme with proper resources and an ongoing intellectual commitment. The knowledge and experience developed in Bergen should not be eroded by short sighted shifts of attention such as this incomprehensible proposal to close the course.

The undersigned call on the University Board of the University of Bergen to allocate sufficient resources to allow this important study programme to flourish.


SIGNATURES
Sarah
Lookofsky
Marianne
Heier
Jason
Wee
T
Lax
Kathy
Noble
Dimitris
Antoniou
Louise
Shelley
Anguezomo Nzé
Mba Bikoro
Raluca
Voinea
Bernard
Akoi-Jackson
Ingar
Dragset
Naeem
Mohaiemen
Lisa
Rosendahl
NIna
Strand
Carlos A.
Correia
Anthony
Coursier
Gregory
Castera
María
Berríos
Adeena
Mey
Dr Mike
Mavura
Theodore
Kerr
Zeren
Oruc
Dorothée
Nilsson
Tal
Gilad
Eleni
Michaelidi
Marti
Manen
Antonia
Simon
Sona
Stepanyan
Marianna
Garin
Maria
Pasenau
Ane
Hjort Guttu
Yolande
van der Heide
Mayra
Henriquez
Louis
Schou-Hansen
Martin
White
Mike
Sperlinger
Sergio Marcelo
de los Santos
Trine Otte Bak
Nielsen
Miriam
Wistreich
Anna
Ihle
LoCA
In Livingstone
Anawana
Haloba
Karin
Bähler Lavér
Unn
Devik
Rike
Frank
Are
Mokkelkost
Leontios
Toumpouris
Stefano
Miraglia
Ian
Waelder
Théo-Mario
Coppola
Viktor
Pedersen
Ann
Edvartsen Hay
Felipe
R Pena
Hilde Marie
Munroe
Hilde
Methi
Victoria
Bugge Øye
Constance
Tenvik
Ekaterina
Sharova
Elisabeth
Byre
Hanan
Benammar
Christine
Hammer Krokstrand
Jaleesa
Johnston
Nicolay
Aamodt
Linda
lerseth
Åse
Løvgren
Aleksander
Nærbø
Vebjørn
Guttormsgaard Møllberg
Charlotte Bik
Bandlien
Dina Dignæs
Eikeland
Marianne
Hultman
Bjarne
Asp
Bernhard
Bratsberg
May Lisbeth
Grønli
Henrik
Nordahl
Ove
Kvavik
Ida
Moen
Markus Li
Stensrud
Solveig
Granberg
Mari Kolsrud
Hustoft
Ingeborg
Aarsand
Pedro
Gomez Egana
Emma
Louise Gjerde
Roderick
Hietbrink
Drew
Snyder
Lily
Vikki
Aurora
Hirsch Steffens
Ingvild
EVjemo
Zeenat
Waaler
Kristoffer Dolmen
Kristoffer Dolmen
Grethe
Hald
Rick
Herron
Madeleine
Park
Vidar
Koksvik
Tommy
Olsson
Anna
Jakobsson
JEPKORIR ROSE
KIPTUM
Gilda
Axelroud
Øystein
Schmidt
Cathrine
Nordkvist
Anders
Kreuger
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Signatures / Comments
Sarah
Lookofsky
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Direktør, Kunstnernes Hus
comments
Marianne
Heier
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artist
comments
Jason
Wee
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Artist. Director, Grey Projects
comments
T
Lax
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Curator
comments
Kathy
Noble
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Senior Curator, Performa
comments
Dimitris
Antoniou
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Lecturer/Columbia University
comments
Louise
Shelley
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Past supervisor
comments
Anguezomo Nzé
Mba Bikoro
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Independent Curator & Visual Artist
comments
Raluca
Voinea
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Curator, cultural manager
comments
Bernard
Akoi-Jackson
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Artist/Lecturer
I support the continuation of the MA Curatorial programme.
Ingar
Dragset
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artist
comments
Naeem
Mohaiemen
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Head of Photography Concentration, School of Arts, Columbia University
comments
Lisa
Rosendahl
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Curator and Professor of Exhibition Practice at Oslo National Academy of Art
The Curatorial MA-program at UiB is the only one of its kind in Norway and an important professional education for Scandinavian and international curators that serve to secure the professional development of the field in Norway and abroad.
NIna
Strand
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Curator, artist
comments
Carlos A.
Correia
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Artistic Coordinator, RKS
comments
Anthony
Coursier
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Artist
comments
Gregory
Castera
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curator-at-large, KANAL-Centre Pompidou
comments
María
Berríos
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Director of Curatorial Programmes and Research, MACBA
comments
Adeena
Mey
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Editor Afterall Journal, Research Fellow Central Saint Martins
comments
Dr Mike
Mavura
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CURATOR/Educator
I have had the priviledge of engaging with the Ma in Curatorial Practice programme in Zambia and in my experience its one of the very best. It will be sad day in curatorial studies if this innovative context emdedded programme was to discontinue.
Theodore
Kerr
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artist
comments
Zeren
Oruc
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Curator
comments
Dorothée
Nilsson
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Galerist in Berlin, Germany
comments
Tal
Gilad
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Curator
comments
Eleni
Michaelidi
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Curator, Art Historian
comments
Marti
Manen
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Co-director Index Foundation, Stockholm
comments
Antonia
Simon
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Project manager
comments
Sona
Stepanyan
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Curator
comments
Marianna
Garin
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Curator
comments
Maria
Pasenau
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Artist
Just do it
Ane
Hjort Guttu
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Artist
comments
Yolande
van der Heide
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Senior curator, Van Abbemuseum
comments
Mayra
Henriquez
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Leder Sogn og Fjordane kunstmuseum
comments
Louis
Schou-Hansen
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Kunstner/kurator
comments
Martin
White
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Artist / Researcher
comments
Mike
Sperlinger
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Head of Programme
comments
Sergio Marcelo
de los Santos
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artist
comments
Trine Otte Bak
Nielsen
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Curator
comments
Miriam
Wistreich
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Director, UKS
comments
Anna
Ihle
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artist
comments
LoCA
In Livingstone
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Art Research Centre/Collective, Livingstone, ZM
comments
Anawana
Haloba
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Artist/ associate professor
comments
Karin
Bähler Lavér
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Artistic director Skene - space for contemporary art, Malmö SE
comments
Unn
Devik
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Artist
comments
Rike
Frank
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European Kunsthalle
comments
Are
Mokkelkost
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Artist
comments
Leontios
Toumpouris
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Artist
comments
Stefano
Miraglia
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artist and curator
comments
Ian
Waelder
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Artist and Publisher
comments
Théo-Mario
Coppola
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Curator and Arts Writer
comments
Viktor
Pedersen
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Artist
comments
Ann
Edvartsen Hay
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Artist
comments
Felipe
R Pena
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curator
comments
Hilde Marie
Munroe
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artist
comments
Hilde
Methi
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Curator
comments
Victoria
Bugge Øye
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Senior Curator
comments
Constance
Tenvik
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Artist
We need the whole eco system
Ekaterina
Sharova
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Art Historian and Educator
comments
Elisabeth
Byre
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artist
comments
Hanan
Benammar
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Artist
comments
Christine
Hammer Krokstrand
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Programkoordinator KHiO
comments
Jaleesa
Johnston
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Curatorial Coordinator at Portland Art Museum
comments
Nicolay
Aamodt
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Artist
comments
Linda
lerseth
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artist
comments
Åse
Løvgren
-
Visual artist
comments
Aleksander
Nærbø
-
Kunster/Artist
comments
Vebjørn
Guttormsgaard Møllberg
-
Artist/kunstner
comments
Charlotte Bik
Bandlien
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KHiO / Oslo National Academy of the Arts
comments
Dina Dignæs
Eikeland
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Kunsthistoriker - doktorgradsstipendiat i Paris
comments
Marianne
Hultman
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Nordnorsk kunstnersenter
comments
Bjarne
Asp
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Architect
comments
Bernhard
Bratsberg
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Artist
comments
May Lisbeth
Grønli
-
artist
Art and culture saves us
Henrik
Nordahl
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Kunstner
comments
Ove
Kvavik
-
Artist
comments
Ida
Moen
-
artist
comments
Markus Li
Stensrud
-
Kunstner
comments
Solveig
Granberg
-
Kunstner
comments
Mari Kolsrud
Hustoft
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House of Foundation
comments
Ingeborg
Aarsand
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Scenekunstprodusent
comments
Pedro
Gomez Egana
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Professor of sculpture and installation khio
comments
Emma
Louise Gjerde
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Prosjektleder, MUNCH
comments
Roderick
Hietbrink
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Artist
comments
Drew
Snyder
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senior curator, KORO
comments
Lily
Vikki
-
artist
comments
Aurora
Hirsch Steffens
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Stydent
comments
Ingvild
EVjemo
-
CEO
comments
Zeenat
Waaler
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Art mediator and concept developer
comments
Kristoffer Dolmen
Kristoffer Dolmen
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Seniorkurator
Vi trenger styrkning av studiemuligheter innenfor fagfeltet ikke svekking.
Grethe
Hald
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Artist and curator
comments
Rick
Herron
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Curator
By closing this program, you greatly impact the international reach and reputation of the program. This negatively impacts my career moving forward because the reputation of the program cannot grow. I’m shocked and disheartened by this decision.
Madeleine
Park
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Curator/Producer
comments
Vidar
Koksvik
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Artist
comments
Tommy
Olsson
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Diverse
comments
Anna
Jakobsson
-
Curator
comments
JEPKORIR ROSE
KIPTUM
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curator
comments
Gilda
Axelroud
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Curator
comments
Øystein
Schmidt
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Sosionom
Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable. G.B. Shaw
Cathrine
Nordkvist
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Rådgiver
comments
Anders
Kreuger
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Director, Kunsthalle Kohta, Helsinki
I have served as examiner for the MA Curatorial Practice Programme, and I strogly